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April 2014

Hi, book lovers! I've invited a few of my friends to join Robin Reads to talk about books. They work at the library and love reading as much as I do. Watch for their bylines!

Meet Robin

I've been an avid reader my entire life. I read about 70-80 books a year. Yep, bona fide book nerd! I mainly read fiction, mysteries, fantasy, and some sci-fi. My favorite book of all time is Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. I walked into a library around age 5 and thought I had found heaven. My favorite conversation starter is, "Read any good books lately?"

Many readers have heard of John Green the teen author with several titles to his credit and an upcoming movie based on his novel, The Fault in our Stars. But what if you have read all of John Green and trying to find something else? Try Maureen Johnson. Her work is not exactly like Green's but engrossing reads. I picked this book up as I was intrigued by the main character, Rory who is from Louisiana but spends a year in a private British school in London. She also happens to begin school just as a Jack the Ripper killing spree begins. Mystery, foreign locale and a smart narrator make for a great read!

There is a lot of talk about all of the Scandinavian crime thrillers after the success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and more. But dark crime novels from Scotland were there first and no better practioner in the field than Ian Rankin. If you haven't read his Rebus series, do yourself a favor. This one is number nineteen in a long, well written series that follows John Rebus and his partner Siobhan Clark.

This is a fun book to dip in and out of to read Walton's essays. Walton wrote a blog for TOR publishing about rereading favorite science fiction and fantasy books. This compilation of the blog is a great way to find new reads or revisit old faves.

I believe that I have read everything Ann Patchett has written. While I haven't loved everything, I do count her as one of my favorite authors. This is a collection of essays that she has written over the last sixteen years or so. Not all of them are about marriage but usually about relationships in some form. Her style is open, conversational and I am always excited to see new work by her.